Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Contrast between his zeal in their behalf, implied in Galatians 6:11, and the zeal for self on the part of the Judaizers.
make a fair show-- (2 Corinthians 5:12).
in the flesh--in outward things.
they--it is "these" who
constrain you--by example (Galatians 6:13) and importuning.
only lest--"only that they may not," etc. (compare Galatians 5:11).
suffer persecution--They escaped in a great degree the Jews' bitterness against Christianity and the offense of the cross of Christ, by making the Mosaic law a necessary preliminary; in fact, making Christian converts into Jewish proselytes.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Galatians 1:7
Galatians 4:29
Galatians 6:11
Galatians 6:16
Philippians 1:16-17
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